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Vermont medical marijuana user fired after drug test loses appeal over unemployment benefits

A Vermont man who was fired from his job after he said a random drug test showed he used medical marijuana while off duty for chronic pain has lost his appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court over unemployment benefits.
North Carolina court says speedway can sue top health official over COVID-19 closure

North Carolina court says speedway can sue top health official over COVID-19 closure

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue the top health regulator on allegations that Gov.

In 60-year-old Tim Walz, Kamala Harris found a partner to advocate for reproductive rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — The makings of a presidential ticket began in an unusual spot six months ago: a Minnesota abortion clinic.

Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot

LINCOLN, Neb.
A bird flu outbreak is spreading among cows in the US. Scientists are hunting for answers

A bird flu outbreak is spreading among cows in the US. Scientists are hunting for answers

AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside.
Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute

Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute

MONTREAL — A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits and dependent on food banks.
Sudden fame for Tim Walz's son focuses attention on challenges of people with learning disabilities

Sudden fame for Tim Walz's son focuses attention on challenges of people with learning disabilities

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An unexpected highlight of the Democratic National Convention on Night Three was an outburst of pride from the son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.
Pharmacist pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan deaths from meningitis outbreak

Pharmacist pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan deaths from meningitis outbreak

A Massachusetts pharmacist pleaded no contest Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 11 people in Michigan, all victims of tainted steroids that caused a national meningitis outbreak in 2012.
B.C. addictions minister allowed to respond to decriminalization court challenge

B.C. addictions minister allowed to respond to decriminalization court challenge

VANCOUVER — Canada's Federal Court has agreed with British Columbia's minister of mental health and addictions that she should be a respondent to a court challenge against the province's decision to dial back its drug decriminalization policy.
Health minister puts nicotine pouches behind the counter, bans flavours

Health minister puts nicotine pouches behind the counter, bans flavours

OTTAWA — Health Canada-approved nicotine pouches will only be available behind pharmacy counters starting next week, as part of Health Minister Mark Holland's promised crackdown on the sale of new nicotine products to children.
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